Pentium Gold G5600T vs Ryzen 7 1700
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Pentium Gold G5600T by a whopping 322% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1045 | 2144 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.30 | 5.24 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 | Intel Pentium Gold |
| Power efficiency | 5.48 | 2.41 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 2 March 2017 (8 years ago) | 23 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $75 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Pentium Gold G5600T has 59% better value for money than Ryzen 7 1700.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 30 | no data |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 4096 KB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 16384 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | 126 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 88 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA1151 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | FMA3 | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| SenseMI | + | - |
Security technologies
Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Max video memory | - | 64 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | - | + |
| Clear Video HD | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | - | 1.05 GHz |
| InTru 3D | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | - | 3 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | - | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | - | 4096x2304@24Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | - | 4096x2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | - | 4096x2304@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | - | 12 |
| OpenGL | - | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Pentium Gold G5600T.
| PCIe version | n/a | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.43 | 2.00 |
| Recency | 2 March 2017 | 23 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 7 1700 has a 321.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
Pentium Gold G5600T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 85.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Gold G5600T in performance tests.
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